Jessica Chastain Quotes

When Christ's love fills our hearts, it puts selfishness on the run.

Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do, Not that which unto us is done!

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

Mercy requires that we learn to love others, to value their welfare more than our own!

Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The Dalai Lama said that he thinks mother's love is the best symbol for love and compassion, because it is totally disinterested.

To desire and expect nothing for oneself and to have profound sympathy for others is genuine holiness.

Missionary zeal does not grow out of intellectual beliefs, nor out of theological arguments, but out of love. If I do not love a person I am not moved to help him by proofs that he is in need; if I do love him, I wait for no proof of a special need to urge me to help him.

One who has no love in his heart will try to possess everything for himself. One who has love in his heart is ready to sacrifice everything, including his own body, for the benefit of others.

Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.

What is the mark of love for your neighbor? Not to seek what is for your own benefit, but what is for the benefit of the one loved, both in body and in soul.

To love is to will the good of the other.

Love looks around to see who is in need

The secret of being loved is in being lovely; and the secret of being lovely is in being unselfish.

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence

An act of love always tends towards two things; to the good that one wills, and to the person for whom one wills it.

Surrender your self-interest. Love others as much as you love yourself. Then you can be entrusted with all things under heaven.

You can have the 'golden rule' - do unto others as you would have others do unto you. But then you take it one step farther - where you just do good unto others, period. Just for the sake of it.

All that one gives to others one gives to one's self. If this truth is understood, who will not give to others?

The major forces in human nature: self interest and caring for others

Charity must become a fundamental state of mind and heart that guides us in all we do.

My faith is central to everything I do. My faith position is a Good Samaritan position of trying to watch out for the other person.

That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.